Candle-holder.



No. 745,599. I PATENTED DEG. 1, 1903. A. GRAEF.

CANDLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 20, 1903- N0 MODEL.

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Patented December I, 19031 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

ANTON GRAB-F, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CANDLE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,599, dated December1, 1903.

Application filed March 20, 190s.

To 0035 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON GRAEF, of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCandle-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull,clear,and exact description thereof, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in candle-holders, and refersmore specifically to a novel form of holder designed primarily for useby churchmen for holding alter-candies and for like church uses.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a holder which may beadapted to candles of different diameters and which may also be adaptedto difierent sizes and forms of candelabra arms or standards.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isavertical axial section of my novelcandle-holder and a part of the candelabrum-supporting arm or stand-Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isacross-section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view similar toFig.

1, showing a modified means for attaching the holder to the candelabrumarm or standard" Fig. 5 is a cross-section taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.-Fig. 6 is a side view of the lower end of the holder shown in Fig. 4.

As shown in said drawings, Adesignates a short tube constituting thecandle holder proper and into the upper open end ofwhich the candle isinserted. Said holder is supported on a candelabrurn arm or standard B,the latter being made flaring at its upper end to constitute a bowl B toreceive any grease or oil which may flow downwardly from the The holderA is provided at its upper open end with a sheet-metal clamping member0, having an interior cylindrically-concave face and between which andone side of the holder the candle is adapted to be clamped, the clampingmember being capable of being moved toward and from the axis of theholder to accommodate candles of different diame- Serial r6. 148.682.(No model.)

clamping member in proper relation to said holder when moving toward andfrom a candle in the holder. Theclamping member 0 is moved inwardlyagainsta candle contained in the holder by means of an adjusting-screw 0having a knurled head and extending through and having screw-threadedengagement with a raised boss a on the side wall of the holder. Theadjusting-screwis adapted to hear at its inner end against the outerconvex face of the clamping member.

The holder isattached to the candelabrum arm or standard by meansconstructed as follows: In Fig. l the holder is shown as arranged 'for acandle of approximately the maximum size which it is designed to hold,while in Fig. 4: the holder is shown as arranged for supporting a muchsmaller candle. In this last figure it will be seen that the flange c inthe upper end of the clamping member is made of such width as toclose-the outer end of the solder between the candle and the side wallof the holder. It will also be noticed that the flange c is providedwith arms or extensions 0 which are pointed to fill the spaces betweenthe candle and the holder on the sides adjacent to the flange c. Saidstandard is provided in thebottom of the flaring or cupshaped end 13.thereof with an upwardly-extending pin B which forms a connectionbetween the arm or standard and the holder. Such pins are usuallyscrew-threaded and fit in screw-threaded apertures in the bottom wallsof the holders. It is often a matter of considerable trouble andinconvenience to properly fit new holders to an old candela- ICO lowerend with a disk or plug A, which extends transversely thereacross and issecured tightly therein by solder or like means, which constitutes athickened bottom wall for said holder. Said disk or plug A is providedwith a central opening through which extends the pin B of the arm orstandard B. In order to adapt the holder to varying sizes of pins 13 theopening of the plug A is provided with a clamping member D, which iscylindrically concave on its inner side to lit the cylindric pin B andis convex on its outer side to fit the curved opening in the plug A.Said clamping member D is provided at its upper and lower ends withoutwardly directed flanges cl cl, which fit against the upper and lowersides of the disk A and constitute guides by which the clamping memberis guided inwardly and. outwardly toward and away from the pin B Saidclamping member is held in place by means of pins d 01 extending throughslots d in said flange d, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The clampingmember is held against the pin B by means of an adjusting-screw D, whichextends through the wall of the holder and partially through the plugand bears at its inner end against the clamping member.

In case the upper flaring end of the standard B is too small to permitthe use of the adjusting-screw D, above described, I provideaconstruction (shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6) for attaching the holder tothe pin B which is capable of being used in a narrower space than thescrew previously described. As therein shown, the lower end of the tubeis closed hy a plug E corresponding to the plug A, hereinbeforedescribed, and said plug E is provided with a central opening for thepassage therethrough of the pin B rising from the standard B. Said plugand one side of the wall of the tube are horizontally slitted to receivea rotative locking-plate F, which is provided with aneccentrically-located aperture f, through which is adapted to extend theattaching-pin B above referred to. The rotative locking-plate isprovided with an arm F, which extends through the slot at in the sideWall of the holder and by which the plate is rotated. The slot a in thewall of the tube through which said arm F extends is made of acircumferential length sufficient to permit of a considerable range ofrotation of the plate about an axis concentric with the circumferentialoutline of the plate. During such rotative movement the aperture f insaid plate is shifted relatively to the aperture in the plug E, therebyeffecting a clamping action of the plate F on the pin B which extendsthrough said plug and plate.

I claim as my invention 1. The new article of manufacture describedconsisting of a candle-holdercomprising an elongated tube open at itsupper end to receive a candle, an adjustable clamping device at theupper end of the tube adapted to receive and hold candles of varyingdiameters, said tube being provided with a thickened bottom wall havingan opening to receive candelabra-pins and a clamping device having apart adapted to engage a pin. extending through said opening andprovided with an adjusting member which extends laterally through saidbottom wall and to the outside of the holder.

2. The combination with a tubular candleholder adapted to receive acandle at its upper end, of a movable concavo-convex clamping member inthe upper end of the holder having guiding engagement with the holder,and adapted to move toward and from the axis of the holder, and alateral flange on the upper end of said movable clamping memberoverlapping the upper end of the holder.

3. The combination with a tubular candleholder adapted to receive acandle at its upper end, of a movable concavo-convex clamping member inthe upper end of the holder provided with a lateral flange whichoverlaps the upper end of the holder, a lateral guidepin on said memberextending through an aperture in the wall of the holder and means forforcing said clamping member against a candle in the holder.

4. The combination with a candle-holder provided with a thickened bottomwall which is apertu red to receive a candelabrum-attach ing pin, of aclamping member in the aperture of said bottom wall and adapted toengage said pin and provided with an adjusting member which extendslaterally through said bottom wall to the outside of the holder foradjusting the clamping member to pins of different diameters.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1- affix mysignature, in presence of two witnesses, this 14th day of March, A. D.1903.

ANTON GRAEF.

Witnesses:

TAYLOR E. BROWN, GERTRUDE BRYCE.

